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Environment / Sustainability

A close look at climate change solutions Feb. 4-5

January 27, 2009

What can students, concerned citizens, researchers and policy makers do about global climate change? On Feb. 4-5, Colorado State University will address this and related questions in a two-day series of presentations by 30 speakers. All events will be held in Colorado State's Lory Student Center and are free and open to the public.

As an outgrowth of last year's Focus the Nation event, this year's "What We Can Do About Climate Change" event has the goal of helping students and members of the community to become informed citizens and leaders in what is one of the greatest challenges in the world today.

What we can do

"This year, we have shifted our focus from understanding the problem to thinking about what we can do about it," said John Calderazzo, CSU English professor and co-director of the event. "We'll also hear about the latest and most exciting research being developed here at CSU and beyond."

Subjects of individual sessions include the connections between climate change and art, rangelands, local and national policy, effective communication, adaptation strategies and ongoing work at CSU to develop clean energy and better understand ecosystem effects of climate change. One workshop will focus on how to calculate and shrink a household carbon footprint.

"It's time for all of us to get past feeling overwhelmed by the problem of climate disruption and get to work on it. There are lots of things we can do, and these talks will point us to some of them," said SueEllen Campbell, co-director of the event and CSU English professor. This event is organized by Changing Climates @ CSU, which Campbell and Calderazzo direct.